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December 06, 2006
Time to butt out
Brewer: Butt out and let us sell Santa beer
Maine said label would appeal to children, orders bottle pulled from shelves
Updated: 7:29 p.m. CT Dec 1, 2006PORTLAND, Maine - A beer distributor says Maine is being a Scrooge by barring it from selling a beer with a label depicting Santa Claus enjoying a pint of brew.
In a complaint filed in U.S. District, Shelton Brothers accuses the Maine Bureau of Liquor Enforcement of censorship for denying applications for labels for Santa's Butt Winter Porter and two other beers it wants to sell in Maine.
Via Best of the Web Today (12/04), where Taranto's title was As Addictive as Crack.
Posted by joke du jour at December 6, 2006 06:01 PM
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